{"product_id":"crumpled-paper-boat-experiments-in-ethnographic-writing-paperback","title":"Crumpled Paper Boat: Experiments in Ethnographic Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnand Pandian\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStuart J. McLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrumpled Paper Boat\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of experimental ventures in ethnographic writing, an exploration of the possibilities of a literary anthropology. These original essays from notable writers in the field blur the boundaries between ethnography and genres such as poetry, fiction, memoir, and cinema. They address topics as diverse as ritual expression in Cuba and madness in a Moroccan city, the HIV epidemic in South Africa and roadkill in suburban America. Essays alternate with methodological reflections on fundamental problems of writerly heritage, craft, and responsibility in anthropology. \u003ci\u003eCrumpled Paper Boat \u003c\/i\u003eengages writing as a creative process of encounter, a way of making and unmaking worlds, and a material practice no less participatory and dynamic than fieldwork itself. These talented writers show how inventive, appealing, and intellectually adventurous prose can allow us to enter more profoundly into the lives and worlds of others, breaking with conventional notions of representation and subjectivity. They argue that such experimentation is essential to anthropology's role in the contemporary world, and one of our most powerful means of engaging it. \u003cbr\u003e Contributors. Daniella Gandolfo, Angela Garcia, Tobias Hecht, Michael Jackson, Adrie Kusserow, Stuart McLean, Todd Ramón Ochoa, Anand Pandian, Stefania Pandolfo, Lisa Stevenson, Kathleen Stewart \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnand Pandian teaches anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. His books include \u003ci\u003eReel World: An Anthropology of Creation\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stuart McLean teaches anthropology at the University of Minnesota. His books include \u003ci\u003eFictionalizing Anthropology: Encounters and Fabulations at the Edge of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450070155442,"sku":"9780822363408","price":56.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a1a34fae89e8679b10af4d9ea92a44d6.webp?v=1778779424","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/crumpled-paper-boat-experiments-in-ethnographic-writing-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}